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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942283 | Dispenser assembly A method and a device for preparing a drinking glass, cup, mug or other beverage container, e.g. drink-ware, where any dry granular, flaked, shaved or powder substance (SPICE) is applied to the rim of the drink-ware. Where the drink-ware is inverted and introduced i... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7491247 | Fuel emulsion compositions having reduced NOx emissions Oil continuous fuel emulsion composition having high stability and reduced nitrogen oxide emissions. The fuel emulsion formulation includes diesel fuel, purified water, and an additive package that includes, among other additives, a combination of surfactants, inclu... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7491324 | Rotating perforated cylinder treatment system A water treatment system comprising: a container having a first end, a second end and a container wall defining an interior and an exterior; an aerator completely disposed within the interior, the aerator comprising an aerator wall having a plurality of perforations... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487970 | Pai-Gow poker game An improved method for playing Pai Gow poker that allows for designated player/dealer bets. A designated player/dealer bet being that a bank hand will beat a particular player hand in accordance with the rules of Pai-Gow poker. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486538 | Radiation tolerant SRAM bit In an integrated circuit, a radiation tolerant static random access memory device comprising a first inverter having an input and an output, a second inverter having an input and an output. A first resistor is coupled between the output of the first inverter and the... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484878 | Vanity lighting apparatus A vanity-lighting system for providing light to a reflective surface for the application and removal of cosmetics. The system includes multiple segments. Each segment including at least one light fixture, a mounting device for affixing the segment to a surface, and ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487376 | Programmable system on a chip A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprises a programmable logic block, a non-volatile memory block, an analog sub-system, an analog input/output circuit block, and a digital input/output circuit block. A programmable interconnect architectur... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484113 | Delay locked loop for an FPGA architecture A DLL provides a deskew mode for aligning a reference clock that passes through a clock distribution tree to a feedback by adding additional delay to the feedback clock to align the feedback clock with reference clock at one cycle later. A 0 ns clock-to-out mode is ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482835 | Method and apparatus of memory clearing with monitoring RAM memory cells in a field programmable gated array A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) having an array of RAM memory cells comprising at least one row of RAM memory cells, each RAM cell of the at least one row of RAM memory cells coupled to a row driver line; a row decoder coupled to a first end of the row driver... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482218 | Low-capacitance input/output and electrostatic discharge circuit for protecting an integrated circuit from electrostatic discharge A transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type in a well formed in the substrate and doped with the first conductivity type to an impurity level higher than that of the substrate. A drain doped to a second conductivity type opposite to... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477071 | Three input field programmable gate array logic circuit configurable as a three input look up table, a D-latch or a D flip-flop A field programmable gate array logic cell includes a logic circuit having three inputs and at least one output and a plurality of multiplexers having inputs and outputs. The logic circuit also includes a plurality of programmable elements coupled between the three ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475878 | Wagering settlement method for casino games The invention comprises methods of settling wagers in a game with a Player/Dealer pool which entail reserving some of the funds in the Player/Dealer pool to pay bonuses and additional wagers and in some cases retiring more funds from the Player/Dealer pool than the ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7473960 | Non-volatile two-transistor programmable logic cell and array layout A two-transistor non-volatile memory cell is formed in a semiconductor body. A memory-transistor well is disposed within the semiconductor body. A switch-transistor well is disposed within the semiconductor body and is electrically isolated from the memory transisto... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7463211 | Adjustable antenna element and antennas employing same An antenna system with at least one tunable dipole element with a length adjustable conductive member disposed. The element is made of two longitudinally aligned, hollow support arms made of non-conductive material. Disposed longitudinally inside each element is a l... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463061 | Apparatus and method for reducing leakage of unused buffers in an integrated circuit A reduced-leakage interconnect circuit includes a buffer having an input and an output, at least one multiplexer transistor coupled between a multiplexer input node and the input of the buffer, and a fixed-state multiplexer transistor coupled between a fixed-state m... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459763 | Reprogrammable metal-to-metal antifuse employing carbon-containing antifuse material A reprogrammable metal-to-metal antifuse is disposed between two metal interconnect layers in an integrated circuit. A lower barrier layer is formed from Ti. A lower adhesion-promoting layer is disposed over the lower Ti barrier layer. An antifuse material layer sel... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459772 | Face-to-face bonded I/O circuit die and functional logic circuit die system An integrated circuit system includes a first set of integrated circuit dice each member of the set having a different configuration of input/output circuits disposed thereon and a second set of integrated circuit dice each having different logical function circuits... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7446560 | Programmable system on a chip for temperature monitoring and control A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, at least one user non-volatile memory block, and temperature sensing and control analog and digital circuits on a single semiconductor integrated circuit chip or a flip ch... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446378 | ESD protection structure for I/O pad subject to both positive and negative voltages An ESD protection circuit is disclosed for an n-channel MOS transistor formed in an inner p-well of a triple-well process and connected to an I/O pad that may experience both positive and negative voltages according to the present invention. A first switch connects ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443191 | Apparatus and method of error detection and correction in a radiation-hardened static random access memory field-programmable gate array The present system comprises a radiation tolerant programmable logic device having logic modules and routing resources coupling together the logic modules. Configuration data lines providing configuration data control the programming of the logic modules and the rou... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444456 | SRAM bus architecture and interconnect to an FPGA An SRAM bus architecture includes pass-through interconnect conductors. Each of the pass-through interconnect conductors is connected to routing channels of the general interconnect architecture of the FPGA through an element which includes a pass transistor connect... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439818 | Voltage-and temperature-compensated RC oscillator circuit An integrated temperature-compensated RC oscillator circuit includes an inverter having an input and an output. An RC network is coupled between the inverter and a pair of comparators. A first comparator has an inverting input coupled to a first reference voltage, a... | 10/21/2008 |
| D578692 | Dual-light lighting fixture | 10/14/2008 |
| D578237 | Tri-light lighting fixture | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434080 | Apparatus for interfacing and testing a phase locked loop in a field programmable gate array An apparatus for interfacing a phase locked loop in a field programmable gate array. The apparatus comprising a phase locked loop cluster. The phase locked loop further comprising a plurality of RT modules, a plurality of RO modules, at least one TY module, a plural... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432733 | Multi-level routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having transmitters and receivers A routing architecture in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) having a plurality of logic clusters wherein each logic cluster has at least two sub-clusters. The logic clusters are arranged in rows and columns and each logic clusters has a plurality of receiver co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431375 | Cover for protecting windshield and windows from snow A cover comprising: a roof panel having a front side, a back side, a right side, and a left side all forming the perimeter of the roof panel, the roof panel sized to substantially cover a roof; a front panel attached to the roof panel along the front side of the roo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430137 | Non-volatile memory cells in a field programmable gate array A non-volatile memory cell comprises a first floating gate transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate electrically coupled to a row line. A second floating gate transistor has a source, a drain, and a gate electrically coupled to the row line. A first p-channel... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429297 | Applicator for texturing An applicator comprising: a casing defined by two side walls and a cylinder wall, said cylinder wall comprising an opening on one side of said casing; a material container coupled to a side of said casing opposite said opening in a position that allows gravity to di... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426533 | Messaging system A messaging system (1) comprises a server which registers (2) clients (users) and stores uploaded contact data in contacts databases (11). The contact databases have meta data including profile attributes indicating the subject matter profiles o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426665 | Tileable field-programmable gate array architecture A method for testing FPGA routing circuitry having a plurality of first sets of tracks having programmably connectable individual track segments includes providing a global control signal to simultaneously turn on all of the programmable elements in at least two of ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423451 | System-on-a-chip integrated circuit including dual-function analog and digital inputs An integrated circuit includes a plurality of inputs, a plurality of output pads, a programmable logic block, an analog circuit block, an analog-to-digital converter programmably coupleable to individual analog circuits in the analog circuit block, and an interconne... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419561 | Cast composite sail and method A method of casting a sail comprising supplying a carrier film, supporting the carrier film along a support mechanism, forming a sail form with the support mechanism, pulling the carrier film across the support mechanism, forming a first coating, wiping the resin to... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421605 | Programmable system on a chip for power-supply voltage and current monitoring and control A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, at least one user non-volatile memory block, and voltage-measuring and control analog and digital circuits on a single semiconductor integrated circuit chip or a flip chip... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416589 | Water enhancement fire retardant An air-droppable wildfire retardant composition including Lassenite N pozzolan is a natural siliceous (amorphous) mineral, consisting of the layers of diatoms and volcanic tuffs of Northern California's Cascade Range. The Lassenite pozzolan is mixed with a thickener... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414427 | Integrated multi-function analog circuit including voltage, current, and temperature monitor and gate-driver circuit blocks An integrated multi-function analog circuit includes at least one MOSFET gate-drive circuit coupled to a first I/O pad. At least one voltage-sensing circuit is coupled to a second I/O pad. At least one current-sensing circuit is coupled to the second I/O pad and a t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414428 | Non-volatile memory configuration scheme for volatile-memory-based programmable circuits in an FPGA A non-volatile memory configuration scheme is disclosed for volatile-memory-based programmable circuits in a programmable integrated circuit that includes an FPGA fabric, a plurality of first configurable circuit elements external to the FPGA fabric, and a plurality... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408815 | SRAM cell controlled by flash memory cell First and second complimentary static random-access-memory cell bit lines are coupled to first and second bit nodes through first and second access transistors controlled by a word line. A first inverter has an input coupled to the first bit node and an output coupl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408383 | FPGA architecture having two-level cluster input interconnect scheme without bandwidth limitation An interconnect architecture for a programmable logic device comprises a plurality of interconnect routing lines. The data inputs of a plurality of first-level multiplexers are connected to the plurality of interconnect routing lines such that each interconnect rout... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407522 | Stabile invert fuel emulsion compositions and method of making The present method for producing a high stability, low emission, invert fuel emulsion composition comprises blending additives having a surfactant package with a hydrocarbon petroleum distillate fuel in an in-line blending station to create a composition. The surfac... | 08/05/2008 |
